ParaTop: The ground-support-free cantilever arm formwork from Doka

The crucial advantage of this ingenious system solution is that all the worksteps – reinforcing, forming and pouring – are carried out from the bridge superstructure. There is no need for any extra working platforms. This saves time and cuts costs. What is more, the large influence widths of the brackets reduce the amount of equipment needed, and speed up the workflow. Because the formwork is so quick and easy to hang into place, less crane-time is needed and assembly operations on the bridge deck are made very much easier. Bridge formwork ParaTop is already doing sterling service on numerous worksites in Ireland, Great Britain, Poland, South Africa and Panama.